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Feb 7
591. SWE Allt ska ju äga rum, om staden och arkitektens roll - Christer Larsson
Christer Larsson, arkitekt SAR/MSA, tidigare stadsbyggnadsdirektör och adjungerad professor i arkitektur, samt grundare av AKTIEBOLAGETHELASTADEN, i ett samtal om arkitektur som samhällskraft. Vi diskuterar varför den byggda miljön – värd tusentals miljarder – sällan behandlas so ... Show More
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Safa Charafi, Founder and CEO of Urban Inclusion, challenges Eurocentric and colonial approaches to urban planning, arguing for cities shaped by local knowledge, lived experience, and fairer power structures. The conversation explores how dominant Western models have erased indig ... Show More
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Jan 24
589. Redefining Smart Cities with Mayor Maimunah Sharif
Audio note: Recorded in a busy event hall. Some background noise remains, despite AI-based noise reduction.Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Mayor of Kuala Lumpur and former Executive Director of UN-Habitat, shares her perspective on what it really means to build a smart city today.The conve ... Show More
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An energy podcast crossover: Energy Gang and Interchange Recharged join forces to discuss flexibility on the power grid: why it is so important, and how to create it
<p>They called the film <em>Avengers: Infinity War</em> the most ambitious crossover event in history. We can’t quite make the same claim, but at Wood Mackenzie’s 2025 Solar and Energy Storage Summit, we did record a crossover episode. Ed Crooks, host of <em>E ... Show More
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Solar Energy
First up in our energy series: solar! How do we harness the energy from the sun to produce electricity? Why should we? What are the environmental impacts?
Resources for this episode:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
How Does Solar Work (energy.gov)
End of Life Solar Panels: ... Show More
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He j ... Show More
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Current affairs: how batteries will green the grid
<p>Though we use more renewable energy than ever before, electricity grids need ways to cope with intermittent wind or solar power. Innovations that make batteries to store that energy <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2024/09/01/clean-energys-next-trillion-dollar-busin ... Show More
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The greenest reason to drill: clean geothermal power that's always on
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Texas and California have witnessed a crazy growth in Solar and Batteries in recent years. In 2024 California has 24GW of Solar and 9GW of batteries on its grid; Texas has grown even faster with 31GW of Solar and 10GW of batteries.
When it comes to the Energy Transition, you can ... Show More
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Glenn Karlsson (Market Area Manager Civil at AFRY, Inspirational Indoor Cycling Instructor, Environmentalist).
We are talking about:
-What is renewable energy? How do we produce it?
- How does solar power work?- The latest and the largest solar power park with AFRY.- How can cities start scaling up their work with solar parks? - What should cities stop doin ... Show More
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